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The unpredictability, bombast and expletive use in the president’s Iran war rhetoric may be part of a ‘madman theory’ that Nixon had employed.

President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, on Monday.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images

April 6, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT

By Yasmin Vossoughian and Emily Ngo

Today we are digging into the president’s messaging on Iran, and I talked to senior White House correspondent Garrett Haake about how he perceives the changes in Trump’s rhetoric now as compared to his first term.

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